Metallurgy Supervisor - Northam Platinum
(2018-11)
- Planning of equipment maintenance
- Investigate accidents and incidents
- Assist with training and assessment programs for operation workforce to ensure an understanding of work and safety requirement for each task
- Managing production inventory
- Commissioning of Dewatering Plant
- Managing a work force of 92 employees; Leave planning, employee development, grievances, and section placement
- Informal and Formal disciplinary cases
- Assist in managing cost budget
- Effective operation of the plant according to process parameters and business plan
- Ensure compliance on health and safety regulations and drafting of safety documents
Shift Foreman - Phoenix Platinum
(2014-03 - 2018-11)
- Lead and supervise process operation team
- Communicate equipment defect with maintenance department to run the plant to set parameters
- Lead and conduct a safety toolbox talk meeting every shift
- Ensure proper shift handover
- Ensure all accident and incidents are reported and investigated
- Oversee plant sampling
- Placing employees on sections
- Leave planning
- Enforcing discipline on shift
- Ensure that subordinates run the plant according to standard
- Relieving Plant Superintendent
Control Room Operator - Phoenix Platinum
(2011-08 - 2014-02)
- Supervising subordinates
- Trouble shooting
- Commissioning
- Plant operation within the required parameter
- Ensure early identification of plant malfunction
- Log any incidents, instructions and important changes made in the plant and record breakdown
- Updating shift figures on metallurgical accounting spread sheet
- Identify and communicate any possible hazards
Acting Plant Metallurgist - Sylvania Metals
(2010-12 - 2011-07)
- Reporting to management plant performance
- Managing sample dispatch, reconciliations and payments
- Oversee plant sampling
- Plant optimization
- Metallurgical accounting
Plant Operator - Sylvania Metals
(2009-08 - 2010-11)
Control room operation
- Ball mill discharge grading
- Batch float tests
- Ball mill operation
- Spiral plant operation
- Flotation plant operation
Metallurgist Student Trainee - Impala Platinum, (Smelter plant)
(2008-11 - 2009-04)
- Operation of dryers, Furnaces, Converters and off gas cleaning section
- Control room operation
- Plant projects
- Commissioning of off gas cleaning section
- Training operators
- Supervising subordinates
Process Controller in Training - Bette Sanitary ware
(2007-11 - 2008-10)
- Operation of machines (Casting machines, Mills, Kiln)
- Product quality inspection
- Laboratory work
- Reporting plant monthly production to management
- Supervising subordinates
- Plant projects
